Notification Preferences

Overview

Canvas notification preferences are the best way to stay informed about what’s happening in your courses. When set up according to your needs, notification preferences help you strategically engage with Canvas when doing so matters the most, freeing you from haphazardly checking your courses to see what’s been going on while you weren’t in Canvas.

This Guide explains:

Options available for notification settings

Setting additional contact methods in Canvas

Setting up push notifications

Editing your notification preferences

Recommendations for instructors

Notification-Preference Basics

You can specify the circumstances under which you are automatically notified by Canvas about various course activities, as well as the frequency with which you are notified.

Until you customize your notification preferences, you will have the default notification settings.

For each course activity, you can be notified immediately, once a day, once a week, or never.

To see what course activities are included in a particular notification trigger, hover over the activity name.

How to Add a Contact Method

Notifications are sent to your main Canvas email address (the one established when your account was created). You can add a new email address or your cellphone number to receive text-message updates by following these instructions:

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